BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Monday, August 08, 2011

ABC President Talks Marvel TV Series

"We're extremely excited by having Marvel in the fold," said ABC president Paul Lee, speaking @ the recent TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour.

"We are developing aggressively both 'AKA Jessica Jones' (based on Marvel's "Alias") and 'The Hulk".

"Hopefully we'll have two very good choices to look at around the pilot season next year."

Regarding the new "Hulk" TV series currently in development with producers Guillermo del Toro ("Hellboy") and David Eick ("Battlestar Galactica"), Lee explained, "We do family entertainment, I believe, more naturally than the other networks...'Hulk' is a classic example of it."

Lee said there will also be a surprise character appearing on the ABC TV series "Castle".

"You know, I don't know if I'm allowed to say it," said Lee, "but we've got a really cool storyline with a Marvel character that appears on 'Castle' this year..."

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